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Lindsay Graham dropped his name in every interview a couple weekends ago. I think Republicans see Mueller as a potentially lethal threat to theTrump led party and maybe even many of them personally. Calling on Barr if it happens would be high level stuff.

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Of the five things mentioned most of the right and some of the left would generally agree with

Ok take No. 4 (Mueller team's donations are too left-leaning). Trump has donated far more to the Clintons and Democrats than the Mueller team. I bet it's 20-100x more. And Team Trump has 3 former Clinton attorneys (Flood, Lowell and Hendon) (not to mention Davis), while Mueller has one. So why is that ok for your president but not the OSC?

Former Attorney General William Barr is Trump’s leading contender for AG: report

Former Attorney General William Barr is President Trump’s top prospect to be nominated as attorney general, multiple people familiar with the discussions told The Washington Post.

Barr, 68, led the Justice Department (DOJ) from 1991-1993 under President George H.W. Bush and has the support of several White House officials, including a number of senior lawyers in the White House Counsel’s Office, according to the Post.

The Post notes that the decision is not yet final and Trump could change his mind on the matter. Officials said an announcement could be made in the coming days.

“He’s a serious guy,” one source told the paper of Barr. “The president is very, very focused on [a candidate] looking the part, and having credentials consistent with the part.”

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

A confirmation vote on Barr could take months, leaving acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker at Justice Department's helm.

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Any confirmation is taking months as the blue﻿ side is throwing up roadblocks for every position.

Yeah that's the problem. Not the fact that the White House barely vets their nominees and has a disturbing tendency to nominate white collar criminals and/or women abusers and/or reactionary dooshbags who post racist screeds on Facebook and/or supremely unqualified idiots who bought their administration jobs.

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Mazie Hirono, before Trump's announcement, said she would have a hard time supporting William Barr "because here's another person who auditioned for the job ... by talking about how Hillary Clinton should continue to be investigated and questioning the Mueller investigation."

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"I will demand that Mr. Barr make a firm and specific commitment to protect the Mueller investigation ... particularly in light of past comments suggesting Mr. Barr was more interested in currying favor with Pres. Trump. than objectively ... analyzing law and facts."

"I will demand that Mr. Barr make a firm and specific commitment to protect the Mueller investigation ... particularly in light of past comments suggesting Mr. Barr was more interested in currying favor with Pres. Trump. than objectively ... analyzing law and facts."

Absolutely. I have no problems with more probes into Clinton if there is some evidence of wrongdoing either.